Éric Azran
Partner

Éric Azran is a partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group. His practice extends to all aspects of civil and commercial litigation, ranging from providing clients with legal opinions and strategic advice to representing clients in Quebec courts of first instance and appeal, as well as administrative tribunals.

Professional Activities

Eric is Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America (LCA).

In March 2012, he was selected for and successfully completed the “Emerging Leaders in Law Firms” program offered by Harvard Law School, Executive Education.

He teaches civil evidence and trial strategies to students at the École du Barreau du Québec.

He also chaired the Montréal office’s Pro Bono Committee from 2010 to 2012. He is currently Co-Chair of the National Diversity Committee.

Expertise

Education

Université de Montréal (LL.B. 1998)

Bar Admission

Québec, 1999

Representative Work

Represented Aviva Insurance Company before the Supreme Court of Canada, in a dispute of national importance in which the central question was litigation privilege and whether it can be raised in opposition to administrative investigators.

Represented the St. Lawrence Seaway Corporation (SLSC) in a major constitutional dispute, in which the Superior Court had to determine whether the Quebec Act respecting occupational health and safety (AOHS) could apply to persons who work on a federal undertaking's construction sites. The SLSC won its case in May 2016.

Represented several seniors' residence owners in their dispute with the Comité paritaire de l’entretien d’édifices publics. This was an important case in which the Court of Appeal was called on to decide whether a seniors' residence was a “public building” within the meaning of the Decree respecting building service employees. In April 2016, the Court of Appeal ruled in favour of the seniors' residence owners.